Historically bad water year requires urgent protections for C'waam and Koptu, highlights needed for more sustainable path forward

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Historically bad water year requires urgent protections for C'waam and Koptu, highlights needed for more sustainable path forward

CHILOQUIN, Ore. - This historically bad water year requires urgent measures to save the C’waam (Lost River sucker) and Koptu (shortnose sucker). These two critical treaty resources of the Klamath Tribes are on the verge of extinction and the Bureau of Reclamation’s water management this year must focus on meeting their needs first.

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Reclamation spring management plan must do more to protect Klamath Tribes’ critical treaty resources

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Reclamation spring management plan must do more to protect Klamath Tribes’ critical treaty resources

CHILOQUIN, Ore. - In this historically bad water year, protecting the C’waam (Lost River sucker) and Koptu (shortnose sucker) must be the first priority. That is the key message the Klamath Tribes delivered to the Bureau of Reclamation today [3/15/21] in comments on Reclamation’s initial draft management framework for Klamath Project operations this spring.

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